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AssigneeStarsight Telecast, Inc.
InventorsPATRICK YOUNG, JOHN H. ROOP, ALAN R. EBRIGHT, MICHAEL W. FABER, DAVID ANDERSON
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Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28) of one-half hour in duration, and twelve rows (30) of program listings. Some of the program listings overlap two or more of the columns (28) because of their length. Because of the widely varying length of the cells (26), if a conventional cursor used to select a cell location were to simply step from one cell to another, the result would be abrupt changes in the screen (10) as the cursor moved from a cell (26) of several hours length to an adjacent cell in the same row. An effective way of taming the motion is to assume that behind every array (24) is an underlying array of regular cells. By restricting cursor movements to the regular cells, abrupt screen changes will be avoided. With the cursor (32), the entire cell (26) is 3-D highlighted, using a conventional offset shadow (34). The offset shadow (34) is a black bar that underlines the entire cell and wraps around the right edge of the cell. To tag the underlying position—which defines where the cursor (32) is and thus, where it will move next—portions (36) of the black bar outside the current underlying position are segmented, while the current position is painted solid.
A television schedule system, which comprises:
A process for operating a television schedule system, which comprises:
A control system for a video recording machine, which comprises a controller for starting and stopping the video recording machine, for recording video information on recording media, and for playing recorded video information on recording media, a display generator for providing display image generation signals, means for supplying information to said display generator for generation of display images relating to operation of the video recording machine, said means for supplying information including means for generating a recording media position indicator graduated as segments corresponding to programs recorded on the recording media.
A process for controlling a video recording machine, which comprises generating a recording media position indicator graduated as segments corresponding to programs recorded on the recording media and displaying the recording media position indicator as position of a selected one of the recording media in the video recording machine is changed.
A control system for a video recording machine, which comprises a controller for starting and stopping the video recording machine, for recording video information on recording media, and for playing recorded video information on recording media, a memory, a means connected to said memory for storing indexes of video material recorded on the recording media in said memory, the recording media include a data channel and said control system has a means for including a title of a program recorded on the recording media in the video recording machine in the data channel, said control system including a means for comparing the title of the program with indexes in said memory and displaying an index for a selected one of the recording media based on a match between the program title on the selected one of the recording media with the indexes in said memory.
A process for controlling a video recording machine, which comprises storing indexes of video material recorded on recording media in a memory, the recording media including a data channel, including a title of a program recorded on the recording media in the video recording machine in the data channel, comparing the title of the program with indexes in the memory and displaying an index for a selected one of the recording media based on a match between the program title on the selected one of the recording media with the indexes in said memory.
A television schedule system, which comprises:
A process for operating a television schedule system, which comprises:
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